Textbook Removed From 4th Grade Class
NORWALK, Conn. (AP) – A social studies textbook that says some slaves in Connecticut were cared for like family members is being pulled from fourth-gradeclassrooms in Norwalk.
Norwalk public school officials said they began reviewing the book, “The Connecticut Adventure,” after a parent raised concerns last month about its depiction of slavery.
Hearst Connecticut Media (http://bit.ly/2hgHd4M ) reports the district’s chief academic officer, Michael Conner, said in a letter
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